Crypto and Blockchain: Understanding the Technology and the Challenges It Presents

David Cass is the chief information security officer (CISO) for GSR. As a senior partner for Law and Forensics, he leads the cryptocurrency and digital banking practice. He is a member of the cyber security and forensics practice. He has extensive experience in financial services regulation, cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain, cloud, artificial intelligence, and digital banking. Cass recently served as a lead regulator for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he was a member of the large institution supervision coordinating committee. Previously, Cass was the CISO and global partner of Cloud Security Services. He had global responsibility for cloud security practices, processes, and policies across IBM. Cass served as a regulatory SME and an executive steering committee member for IBM's international banking customers. Cass has been an active contributor to the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and the European Banking Federation on cloud compliance and security for financial services firms and worked closely with US and international regulators. Cass has led large-scale transformation projects at top international financial institutions. He was part of the team that introduced the first financial services blockchain initiative using the public cloud supported by ten major international banks. Cass served as the senior vice president and CISO for Elsevier, where led an organization of experienced legal, risk, and security professionals that provided data protection, privacy, security, and risk management guidance globally. Cass has five years of experience running a regulated Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 enterprise in the cloud. Cass has played a vital role in leading and building corporate risk and governance and information security organizations in the financial sector. He earned his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MSE from the University of Pennsylvania.

Daniel B. Garrie, esq., is a seasoned neutral with JAMS and the founder and current executive managing partner of Law & Forensics, LLC, a global information technology (IT) consulting company and legal engineering firm focused on cybersecurity and data privacy. Garrie is frequently retained for complex, high-stakes cases around the country. He is an experienced jurist with a deep understanding of both law and technology, enabling him to efficiently and cost-effectively resolve some of the most challenging disputes. For over a decade, Garrie has served as a neutral and expert witness on complex cybersecurity, computer forensics, data privacy, e-discovery, and cryptocurrency disputes. Garrie has garnered a national reputation for his experience at the intersection of technology and the law and is as comfortable talking with entrepreneurs, IT professionals, and developers as he is with lawyers and judges. Garrie has also authored over 400 legal and technical articles and publications. His scholarship has been recognized by several Supreme Court Justices and cited in over 500 articles, publications, and opinions. Before entering the legal world, Garrie built and sold several technology companies and served as the worldwide director of discovery and information governance at Charles River Associates. Garrie also co-founded and sits on the executive committee of the Journal of Law & Cyberwarfare, the University of California, Los Angeles, Extension Global Cyber Institute, and is a fellow at the Ponemon Institute.